(a) The commission may require that each broker who provides
community association management services under this chapter and who
collects, controls, has access to, or disburses community
association funds shall at all times provide or be covered by a
fidelity bond or fidelity insurance coverage protecting the
community associations being managed by the broker against loss of
any funds belonging to those community associations being held or
controlled by the broker. (b) The commission shall establish through its rules and regulations
the criteria that such fidelity bonds or fidelity insurance, if
required, must meet. (c) Each broker providing community association management services
shall maintain a copy of any mandatory fidelity bond or fidelity
insurance policy and a current certificate of each such bond or
insurance policy showing current coverage, shall provide a copy
thereof to the community association, and shall produce a copy
thereof at the reasonable request of the commission or any of its
agents for their inspection. |